I was shooting IDPA match at an open air range near Chesterton, In.
After a shooter finished his course.
He was chatting with the R.O. as he cleared his weapon.
He pulled the trigger and BANG.
After the initial shock. They laughed and continued.
Additional info,
The shooter continued on as if nothing happened.
I was very new to the IDPA shoot and to the club.
If I would have known then what I know now.
Both would have been called down and DQed.
That got me thinking.
IDPA should require the insertion of one of those chamber plug you get with every new weapon.
After you show the chamber is clear. you must insert the chamber plug with the flag showing.
Then close the slide.
The flags on most plugs are thin and very flexible.
They could also be trimmed to just show out of the slid.
But my idea is that you have to physically place it there where the bullet would be.
Holstered
Then you are declared "CLEAR".
I wrote my idea to the IDPA web site.
IDPA response, "We will discuss it at our 2021 meeting."
After a shooter finished his course.
He was chatting with the R.O. as he cleared his weapon.
He pulled the trigger and BANG.
After the initial shock. They laughed and continued.
Additional info,
The shooter continued on as if nothing happened.
I was very new to the IDPA shoot and to the club.
If I would have known then what I know now.
Both would have been called down and DQed.
That got me thinking.
IDPA should require the insertion of one of those chamber plug you get with every new weapon.
After you show the chamber is clear. you must insert the chamber plug with the flag showing.
Then close the slide.
The flags on most plugs are thin and very flexible.
They could also be trimmed to just show out of the slid.
But my idea is that you have to physically place it there where the bullet would be.
Holstered
Then you are declared "CLEAR".
I wrote my idea to the IDPA web site.
IDPA response, "We will discuss it at our 2021 meeting."
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